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Georgetown University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $5,064 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $88,741.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $103,494 ten years after entering, the 98th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 95% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1789
Enrollment, 2023
24,038
Website
georgetown.edu
Motto
“Utraque Unum”
Campus of Georgetown University

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Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., and the nation's first federally chartered university.

From the Wikipedia article “Georgetown University”, revision 1364359366, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $88,741 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $5,064 and $57,403 a year depending on income at Georgetown University.

Statement of cost · Georgetown University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$88,741
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$5,064
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$40,815
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$68,017

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $5,064; $30–48k: $12,155; $48–75k: $18,329; $75–110k: $26,459; over $110k: $57,403. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$5,064
$30k–$48k$12,155
$48k–$75k$18,329
$75k–$110k$26,459
Over $110k$57,403

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $103,494; the median graduate who borrowed owes $15,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$83,222
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$88,766
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
98th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$103,494
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
11th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$15,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$13,500

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $83,222; 8 yrs after entry: $88,766; 10 yrs after entry: $103,494. Median graduate debt: $15,500. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $15,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$83,222
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$88,766
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$103,494
Median graduate debt$15,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Georgetown University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
LawFirst Professional Degree684$163,738not reported
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesMaster's Degree541$169,366not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree401$175,402not reported
International Relations and National Security StudiesMaster's Degree349$119,853not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree304not reportednot reported
International Relations and National Security StudiesBachelor's Degree283$80,731$17,500
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree272$86,431$16,500
Social Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree266not reportednot reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree236$152,931$16,877
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree233$120,851not reported
Real EstateMaster's Degree205$149,608not reported
Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesMaster's Degree202$70,779not reported
Show all 23 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
MedicineFirst Professional Degree197$124,419not reported
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationMaster's Degree186$104,697not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementMaster's Degree184$142,699not reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree184not reported$16,500
Intelligence, Command Control and Information OperationsMaster's Degree182not reportednot reported
Computational ScienceMaster's Degree174not reportednot reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessMaster's Degree166$83,320not reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree148$149,302not reported
International BusinessBachelor's Degree72$114,222$14,447
International BusinessMaster's Degree28not reportednot reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree56$162,419$16,007

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Georgetown University: 7,569 undergraduates; 10% of students receive Pell grants; 13% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

13%

4th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

7,569

97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

10%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

5th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

95%

finish within 150% of normal time

97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

16%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$78,301

87th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k18%
  • $30k–$48knot reported
  • $48k–$75k15%
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k18%
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75k15%
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,285 people who studied at Georgetown University, most often in science & academia (30%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 30% (1,081 people); medicine 1.7% (62 people); law 9.6% (352 people); politics & gov 15% (549 people); business 6.0% (221 people); engineering & tech 0.6% (22 people); writing & journalism 10% (366 people); film & stage 3.4% (123 people); music 1.0% (36 people); visual arts 1.1% (41 people); sports 18% (657 people); religion 1.6% (59 people); military 2.4% (86 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,08129.6%
medicine621.7%
law3529.6%
politics & gov54915.0%
business2216.0%
engineering & tech220.6%
writing & journalism36610.0%
film & stage1233.4%
music361.0%
visual arts411.1%
sports65718.0%
religion591.6%
military862.4%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (582) · basketball player (533) · politician (405) · lawyer (304) · university teacher (191) · writer (178) · diplomat (166) · journalist (160)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 7% for the 1850s to 28% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 10 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1770snot reported3not reported
1780snot reported5not reported
1790snot reported6not reported
1800snot reported9not reported
1810snot reported15not reported
1820snot reported16not reported
1830snot reported15not reported
1840snot reported23not reported
1850s1147%
1860snot reported17not reported
1870snot reported35not reported
1880s1244%
1890s2385%
1900s5647%
1910s4448%
1920s81017%
1930s1912014%
1940s3516118%
1950s6418626%
1960s8022027%
1970s7318029%
1980s5210034%
1990s287527%
2000s112928%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 92,001 in 2020-05.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0629,417
2026-0532,663
2026-0435,458
2026-0339,274
2026-0236,961
2026-0136,066
2025-1232,814
2025-1135,438
2025-1035,791
2025-0936,251
2025-0834,182
2025-0735,990
2025-0639,038
2025-0546,661
2025-0445,390
2025-0351,898
2025-0242,544
2025-0152,158
2024-1243,649
2024-1152,128
2024-1045,334
2024-0940,899
2024-0843,350
2024-0754,319
2024-0639,131
2024-0544,357
2024-0446,426
2024-0353,136
2024-0243,268
2024-0156,147
2023-1244,041
2023-1143,415
2023-1045,478
2023-0944,300
2023-0847,348
2023-0752,369
2023-0652,708
2023-0559,579
2023-0455,411
2023-0365,204
2023-0247,973
2023-0152,953
2022-1250,538
2022-1159,474
2022-1050,246
2022-0949,612
2022-0851,198
2022-0749,447
2022-0648,806
2022-0550,683
2022-0455,336
2022-0359,107
2022-0249,059
2022-0150,414
2021-1245,723
2021-1151,111
2021-1048,775
2021-0949,051
2021-0849,520
2021-0748,128
2021-0637,833
2021-0553,146
2021-0449,566
2021-0366,651
2021-0252,861
2021-0181,411
2020-1262,046
2020-1187,683
2020-1071,468
2020-0952,740
2020-0862,818
2020-0758,706
2020-0656,088
2020-0592,001
2020-0467,799
2020-0360,013
2020-0260,351
2020-0159,072
2019-1266,525
2019-1160,016
2019-1062,276
2019-0963,405
2019-0850,990
2019-0752,715
2019-0650,065
2019-0556,332
2019-0475,096
2019-0390,773
2019-0263,040
2019-0165,974
2018-1259,606
2018-1160,058
2018-1071,160
2018-0956,646
2018-0856,127
2018-0755,278
2018-0652,171
2018-0581,468
2018-0460,742
2018-0363,586
2018-0253,110
2018-0157,365
2017-1252,549
2017-1153,686
2017-1050,461
2017-0942,048
2017-0845,905
2017-0749,656
2017-0649,956
2017-0556,266
2017-0466,054
2017-0367,868
2017-0255,232
2017-0166,513
2016-1253,561
2016-1165,575
2016-1056,533
2016-0961,201
2016-0850,168
2016-0755,652
2016-0647,644
2016-0554,506
2016-0460,058
2016-0364,928
2016-0259,066
2016-0155,614
2015-1250,675
2015-1152,666
2015-1050,565
2015-0949,372
2015-0848,184
2015-0745,612

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

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Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

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Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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